WEBVTT HE HAS TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.FELIX: ANOTHER TRAGEDY COMINGOUT OF MONASTERY BEACH.WHEN RESCUE CREWS ARRIVED AROUND12:30 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON, AYOUNG BOY WAS ALREADY FLOATINGFACE DOWN IN THE ROUGH SOURCE-SURF.THE LITTLE BOY WAS WAITING INTHE WATER WHEN A WAVE KNOCKEDHIM OVER.HE WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHERBY A LARGE WAVE.BEACHGOERS WERE ABLE TO HELP DADOUT OF THE WATERPIK HE TRIED TOGO BACK INTO THE WATER -- OUR OFT OF THE WATER.HE TRIED TO GO BACK INTO THEWATER TO RESCUE HIS SON.>> THE BYSTANDERS SEEING THAT HECOULD NOT GO IN THERESUCCESSFULLY BASED ON THE SIZEOF THE SURF AND CONDITIONS,THEY PREVENTED HIM FROM GOINGBACK INTO THE WATER.FELIX: OUT HERE LIVE IN CARMEL,PEOPLE AROUND HERE KNOW THAT THEWATER IS ROUGH.IT IS TREACHEROUS AND HAS ASTEEP, A VERY STEEP DROP ONE TOGET INSIDE THE WATER.WE ARE TOLD THE FAMILY WASVISITING FROM THE SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA AREA AND MAY NOT HAVEKNOWN THE TREASURES CONDITIONSOUT HERE, DESPITE THE POSTEDWARNINGS.AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, STATELIFEGUARDS AND PARK RANGERS WEREUNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEYOUNG BOY WAS IN CRITICALCONDITION AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.REPORTING FROM MONASTERY BEACH,BACK TO YOU.DAN: TEBOW.ERIN: THANK YOU.CREWS IN SAN FRANCISCO ALSORESPONDED TO TWO PEOPLE INTROUBLE, INCLUDING ONE PERSONSWEPT OFF THE ROCKS AT BAKERBEACH.THAT PERSON HAS NOT BEENRECOVERED.DAN: LIFEGUARDS SAY WHEN YOU GOTO THE BEACH, YOU SHOULD STICKCLOSE TO A LIFEGUARD TOWER. AND ALWAYS LOOK AROUND FOR THESIGNS.>> LIFEGUARDS ALWAYS TELL PEOPLETO GO TO A BEACH WHERE ALIFEGUARD TOWER IS OPEN, THAT'SUSUALLY THE SAFEST PLACE.AND IF YOU ARE EVER IN DOUBT,DON'T GO INTO THE WATER.DAN: THAT IS AN IMPORTANTWARNING.YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPECT TO SEEMORE LIFEGUARDS ON STATEBEACHES, INCLUDING IN SANTA CRUZAND MONTEREY.THEY ARE INCREASING STAFFING ONTHE WEEKENDS STARTING NOTHROUGH MAY, BEGINNING WITHSPRING BREAK.ERIN: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEESOLOMON JOINS US NOW WITH ACLOSER LOOK AT THE BEACHCONDITIONS.PART OF THE PROBLEM IS SOMETIMESYOU DO NOT KNOW.IT DID LOOK CALM TODAY.LEE: IT HAPPENS IN AMILLISECOND.AND SOMETIMES THE PARENTS TURNAWAY AND THE CHILDREN WANDERDOWN A FOOT OR SO, AND THAT ISALL IT TAKES.WE GET THESE BIG SWELLS.YOU THINK YOU ARE JUST WADING,BUT YOU TAKE ONE STEP AND YOUARE IN 4-5 FEET OF WATER AND FORA CHILD IT IS TOO BIG.EVEN MOST ADULTS, THEY ARECAUGHT OFF GUARD.IN SANTA CRUZ, THIS IS WHATYOU'RE LOOKING AT, ONE OF THEFLATTER BEACHES.AND THERE ARE LIFEGUARDS, SOTHAT MAKES IT SAFER.IT IS GRADUALLY GETTING DEEPER,A SAFER PLACE TO GET INTO THEWATER.WE HAVE MANY SPOTS PROTECTEDFROM THE SWELL.THIS IS ONE OF THEM.BEHIND THE WHARF, YOU SEE THOSEWAVES AROUND 8-10 FEET.AND THESE ARE NOT WIND WAVES,THESE ARE POWERFUL SWELLSGENERATED ACROSS THE CENTRALPACIFIC AND THEY WORK THEIR WAYTOWARD THE COAST.THE COMBINED SEE HEIGHT WITH THESWELL ON TOP IS RUNNING AROUND14 FEET.NOT ALL BEACHES HAVE THAT SIZEWAVES, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE.WE HAVE SIGNS UP, GOING UNTIL8:00 P.M., THROUGH SUNDOWN FORTHE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELL,8-10 FEET.AND THEY PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS,THOUGH WHEREVER -- THE RIVERLOOKING PART OF THE WATER.YOU NEED TO SWIM SIDEWAYS WHENYOU GET INTO THAT, DO NOT GOAGAINST THE CURRENT.GO SIDEWAYS UNTIL YOU CAN GETOUT OF IT.AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHENYOU ARE WALKING AT THE BEACH,YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN THEWATER.AND IT TAKES YOUR FEET OUT FROMUNDER YOU.AND IT IS COLD, SO YOU WILL NOTLAST LONG WITHOUT A WETSUIT.WATER IS ABOUT 52 DEGREES.